Chapter 6

A Building Reputation

"How did you beat me?" Sirius was staring at Remus. "I had a head start!"

Remus laughed "Because I'm faster than you that's why."

"No I'm telling you why, it's because you're some kind of superhuman, that's why." Remus' laughter stopped

"You know that isn't possible." Remus tried to continue joking hoping to keep them from being suspicious. Unfortunately for him James noticed. He tried to say something, but Sirius replied first.

"It also isn't possible for you to move like a vampire either." Sirius pouted.

"You don't even know how fast vampires move." Remus began to get nervous; Sirius was starting to get close.

"I do to, I saw one once." Sirius defended.

"You did not, or you'd be dead." Remus went behind the curtain on his bed and changed back into his PJ's

"Did so, but I apparated before she could kill me." Sirius did the same.

"If you expect me to believe you apparated at eleven years old your crazier than our astronomy teacher." Their astronomy teacher was extremely crazy. When they got loud she threatened to jump out the astronomy tower.

"I am not!" Sirius was starting to get angry. "And I was six"

"You were probably just dreaming Sirius." James decided to calm the argument. "Speaking of dreams I had a dream you were living with me and my parents, Si."

"I was not dream.... What?" Sirius was completely distracted "That would be so cool."

"Ya, but we were like 17."

"Darn, I don't want to wait that long."

"Is that even possible? Your parents would never let you move in with the Potters."

"I could run away."

"Would you really run away?" Sirius thought about this for a while.

"No I couldn't leave Reggy alone with those morons."

"Right I forgot you have a brother."

"Ya."

"Do you miss him?" James asked

"Ya, he probably hates me though." Sirius changed into his PJ's and flopped on his bed.

"I doubt that, he probably is proud of you for standing up for what you believe in."

"Sure he is." Sirius replied sarcastically "I'm going to bed, I've been up all night."

"I'm going to bed also. G'night guys." James climbed in bed the same time as Sirius.

"Night." Remus and Peter said at the same time and went to bed. Remus laid in bed knowing sleep would not come to him. He began to worry that his mum would find out about what he just did. He didn't see anything wrong with it, he hadn't hurt anyone and it was just for fun, but he knew his mum would be upset. He sighed, it didn't matter now, the prank was done and over with and there was nothing he could do about it now. Remus laughed and told himself to stop worrying, the chances his mum would find out were slim, and life was no fun without a little adventure. What had happened that day was defiantly classified as an adventure. To his extreme surprise the next day, Remus actually fell asleep that night. Also to his surprise, Sirius was the first to wake up that morning.

"Sirius, why are you up this early. It's only seven." Remus said tiredly when he walked into the bathroom and saw Sirius messing with his hair.

"I am not having a repeat of the first day of school." Sirius put a big glob of stuff Remus didn't even recognize in his hair.

"You looked fine. How long have you been up?" Remus paused before getting into a shower (there is one for each of them.)

"Since four." He answered like it was normal for someone to get up five hours early just to do their hair. "Don't use that one; I used up all the hot water in it."

Remus was too tired to realize that using up all the hot water in a Hogwarts shower would take two whole hours of showering. He just nodded and went in a different one. A half hour later Remus came out (fully dressed in case anyone was wondering) and Sirius was still messing with his hair. This time instead of the glob of stuff, Sirius was using his wand.

"What are you doing now?" Remus was starting to worry about Sirius' sanity.

"It's a spell I learned when I was like five." He recited a spell that caused his bangs to curl a bit. It did help the look, not that it wasn't fine before.

"How long are you going to spend on your hair?" Remus asked as James walked in.

"Sup guys." James said drowsily and yawned.

"Sirius has been doing his hair for four hours."

"I have not, I've only been doing it for two, I spent the other two in the shower. Why does it even bother you, it isn't like I'm in your way or anything."

"It isn't bothering me, I just find it weird."

"Ya, well I find vampire speed to be weird too, but I'm not bugging you about it am I?"

"You were last night." Remus said quietly, he hadn't meant to make anyone mad.

"I was not; I was just trying to figure out how you did it."

"And I was just trying to figure out why you do it."

"Guys calm down. It's too early to fight, wait till later or something." Sirius and Peter looked at him for a while and started laughing. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing James just go take a shower." Sirius said and turned back to his hair. James shrugged and got in the shower.

"Rem? Can you wake up Peter? If we don't he won't wake up in time." Sirius asked.

"He woke up fine before." actually it had been Sirius who refused to wake up.

"All I know is yesterday he didn't get up until two minutes before breakfast."

"Um wow, in that case I'll go wake him up." Sirius laughed

"Good idea." Remus went to wake up Peter. Sirius continued on his hair until James came out of the shower.

"Are you done yet?" James borrowed Sirius' comb and quickly brushed his hair. It didn't help much though.

"Almost. How can you stand to have your hair so messy?" Sirius looked at him with a small bit of envy on his face.

"I've had to get used to it. No matter what I do it still looks messy."

"That sucks." James just nodded as Peter came in and got into the shower with out a word. Remus followed him.

"I had to flip over his mattress." James and Sirius looked at him wordlessly for a second and then started laughing so hard that they had trouble standing.

"It isn't that funny." Remus gave them a puzzled look, but couldn't help laughing also.

OOOOOOOOOOOOO

They had completely forgotten about their joke. Though seeing a few Slytherins walk into the Great Hall quickly jogged their memory. There was a large amount of Slytherins missing but even worse (or better if you prefer) there was five or six Slytherins in their PJ's. They were seething. As soon as the few Slytherins in their PJ's told everyone that their clothes vanished the entire Gryffindor and Hufflepuff table began laughing their heads off, and a large amount of the Ravenclaws were too. The funniest of all was the reactions of the other Slytherins and the teachers. The other Slytherins began get mad. They didn't really care about the Slytherins in their sleep wear; they got mad because it embarrassed the entire Slytherin house.

The teachers freaked. Especially Professor McGonagall she was absolutely sure that it had been someone in her house that had done it. She just couldn't figure out who. She had a few suspects though. Including one Sirius Black. She still hadn't forgotten the farting joke he played on her. She was yelling at the Gryffindors. Remus only caught one sentence though the laugher of the students.

"When I find the Marauders that did this they are going to be so sorry that they'll wish they had never been born."

Dumbledore seemed quite amused by this prank, though he still insisted that Filtch and the head of the Slytherins house look for the clothes. They were quickly found to the disappointment of the Gryffindors.

A/NThanks to all my reviewers.

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